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Ryckmans, Gonzague 1953: pl. V Image free from copyright
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"Prioletta and Arbach 2016 a: 928, fig. 8"
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Translations:
1ʾbkrb ʾs¹ʿd and his son Ḥs³n Yhʾmn, the two kings of Sabaʾ, 2ḏu-Raydān, Ḥaḍramawt, Yamanat and the arabs of Ṭwdm and Thmt, 3sons of Ḥs³n Mlkkrb Yhʾmnn, king of Sabaʾ, ḏu- 4Raydān, Ḥaḍramawt, Yamanat wrote this inscription in the wadi 5Mʾs¹l Gmḥn, when they undertook an expedition and took possession of the land 6of Mʿdm, going down with their tribes and with their tribes of 7Ḥaḍramawt and Sabaʾ and banū Mārib, those who are subject to the authority 8of their ʾqwl, going down to the lowland with their lieutenants and 9their ʾtly, their hunters, their leaders, their Arabs 10of Kinda, S¹wd, Wlh [... ...]
Translation Notes:
5-6"en descendant d'accord avec leur tribus" (G. Ryckmans), "quand ils se sont rendus et ont séjourné dans le Pays de Mʿdm à l'occasion même de l'établissement de certaines de leurs tribus" (Robin 1996 b).
7-9Gajda's translation of the key passage: "en descendant la plaine (?) avec leurs lieutenants ..." follows Beeston and J. Ryckmans' suggestion (reading: hglm). The other editors have: "les moindres de leurs préposés et de travailleurs (reading: s²ġlm), [et tous] leurs fonctionnaires, et leurs suivants, et leurs chasseurs, et leurs tenanciers" (G. Ryckmans), "les plus jeunes de leurs qayls et les jeunes gens (reading: ʾġlm) [de l'ensemble] de leurs officiers, de leurs cavaliers, de leurs chasseurs et leurs troupes" (Robin).
Chronological
Period: E
Physical
Support: Monumental support → Rock
Measures: h. 54, w. 115
Letter Measure: 5
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Late Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Commemorative text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Royal Inscription: Yes
Concordances: Maʾsal 1
Spatial
Site: wādī Maʾsal, Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia
Ancient Name: Mʾs¹l Gmḥn
Type of Site: Area with rock inscriptions
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